All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes (1900) (14777709652)

Identifier: allaboutanimalsf00newy (find matches)
Title: All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bros
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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ani-mal became so tame that if it was frightened it would rush to its master forsafety. An otter in the London Zoo had two little cubs, which had fallen into atank full of water. Although they could swim splendidly, there was danger oftheir being drowned when they got tired. The mother otter made an attemptto get them out by reaching down from the top. At last, however, she gotinto the tank herself, and making a natural bridge of her back and fore-paws, the youngsters were able to scramble up in safety. The river otter is not very rare, and anyone who is willing to spend anhour or so sitting perfectly still near a shaded woodland stream, may see thecunning creature busily searching for prey. The length of the otters body isabout two feet, and, including the tail, nearly three feet. The Sea Otter is nearly twice the size of the land otter. It lives on theNorthern Pacific coast, and is very rare, feeding entirely on sea fish and whatit can pick up on the shore. Its fur is very valuable.
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The Coaiti is a curiouslittle South American ani-mal, that loves to roamabout in the night search-ing for eggs and sleepingbirds. Its snout is longand flexible, and is usedfor digging up worms andinsects. In drinking itlaps like a dog, keeping itssnout up out of the liquid.The coaiti always comesdown a tree head first,holding on by its sharpcurved claws. THE RACCOON. Have you ever seen a Raccoon? Perhaps you would understand betterif you were asked, have you ever seen a coon? This curious animal is a liv-ing lesson to all boys and girls. It is the cleanest little animal known. Itkeeps its fur speckless, and carefully washes every bit of food before eating it.It has no table to come to with dirty hands, but, nevertheless, takes pride inkeeping itself, oh, so clean ! Its paws are hand-shaped, which gives it a stronggrip on anything it wishes to hold, and this is very useful to Master Coonwhen he is busily washing a piece of meat back and forth in the water. If the coon is treated kindly